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The money helps support the Building Bridges Foundation, camps and after-school programs.


Amy Grabowski

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THE FOUNDATION Gloria.
THE FOUNDATION It's really our only major fund-raiser, so it's very important to us. The money raised on that night...
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The Doctor...
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STEVEN MOFFAT Maybe the secret to happiness is simplicity.
AMY HARMON Building bridges takes us further than building walls.
DASHANNE STOKES What seems to be Free or Cheap often costs more than what looks like Expensive
THE NEWAGE FOUNDATION Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
VICENTE FOX Building bridges is the best defence against ignorance.
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BEV PERDUE We think that we're getting better and better at providing those kids with academic intervention dur...
BRENDA BLACKBURN Having five classrooms in there will allow us to offer perhaps after school programs for children, e...
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STEVEN MOFFAT This is the main event for Jordan to raise money to support the school.
JUDY GIDDINGS While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, To...
SAM WOOD If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business fou...
HENRY KRAVIS This presents an opportunity to explore the building, find their way around, ... It helps them make ...
J. LEWIS This presents an opportunity to explore the building, find their way around. It helps them make the ...
JO LEWIS Parents need a full continuum of care and support from birth to kindergarten that is affordable and ...
RANDI WEINGARTEN I think our community programs have been extraordinary. Our after-school and summer programs have be...
HELEN MOSER PETERSEN Education is all a matter of building bridges.
RALPH ELLISON Education is all a matter of building bridges
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JASON STANFORD Four thousand deaths is too many. Building walls is not the solution, but building bridges of commun...
ENRIQUE MORONES Even though I don't have kids in school anymore, I feel it is my obligation to support the present a...
BOB LAIPPLY We think we should be building bridges, not fences.
RAFAEL LAVEAGA These programs take money from school children, from parks, from law enforcement, and from other gen...
PAUL NICHOLSON We elected a man who knows how to build walls when we needed someone who knows how to build bridges.
DASHANNE STOKES Our alumni present us with a unique opportunity to build a foundation of support to be a strong publ...
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'Silly.' Real Amy nudg...
JAMES GOSS There are no bridges in folk songs because the peasants died building them.
EUGENE CHADBOURNE We are particularly interested in the mental health programs and policies that support our troops an...
JOHN M. MCHUGH The kind of politics we practice creates boundaries and encourage anxiety; instead of building bridg...
MATTHIAS PANTALEON The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
THOMAS KEMPIS The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.
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ROY YAMAGUCHI Through wisdom, the foundation of any building is laid
SUNDAY ADELAJA These scientists are the bridges between research institutes and local governments, and their work h...
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AMY GRABOWSKI The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
THOMAS KEMPIS The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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SACHIN TENDULKAR I've lost the TARDIS as well.'
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JAMES GOSS Governments have got to come to the plate and introduce meaningful support programs. We would rather...
BRIAN DOIDGE After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief wor...
TONY CAMPOLO you don't have to worry about burning bridges, if you're building your own
KERRY E. WAGNER The state money is restricted for only instruction and instruction-related support and student servi...
FRANK COLEMAN We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
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LUPE FIASCO They had demolished the existing brewery building and just put fill on top of the foundation.
BILL HOGAN Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to p...
ÓSCAR ARIAS A lot of suburbs have great facilities, a lot of money that is put into (the private school athletic...
DAN LEWIS The character is like the foundation and the reputation is like the building structure. If the found...
ANUJ SOMANY We're happy to support organizations like the YMCA that support great programs in the communities th...
ERICA ABBETT I think the middle school does a really good job with starting kids off really liking it, and I thin...
ELIZABETH BARNETT A wonderful new legal foundation has been laid. Now specific programs need to be constructed by the ...
CAMERON TRUESDELL All the money raised goes directly to the services of the cancer support homes. We operate this even...
GAY PRESCOTT It's a trend throughout the state going from U-19 programs into high school hockey programs.
BOB MANDOLI Those numbers are outrageous, ... We need to let the Department of Education know that we need funds...
JOE BACA It's not like we're building this big building and starting at floor three and just finishing this t...
BILL COWHER The power never to allow money change your character is by having strong determination never to allo...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The power never to allow money corrupt your mind is by learning not to revere money above people.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Money makes the wise more humble,but an opportunity for the fool to exhibit all his pride.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Sentiment is building that the Fed may pause for a while after raising rates to 5 percent next month...
HIDEHIKO MAEJIMA We have not used maintenance money for building of the admin building, and we're not using maintenan...
DAN HOLLAR School crisis teams and staff often have unrealistic expectations of police and other public safety ...
KENNETH TRUMP The U has many buildings that need state support. But not all have the resources available to raise ...
JACK BRITTAIN He knows me better than anyone ever has. Than anyone ever will again. I would have stopped it if I c...
AMY ENGEL But...If my life on Earth must end, let it end with a promise.
Let it end with hope.
BETH REVIS He was... wearing a tasselled velvet nightcap that I [Amy] noticed the Doctor eyeing up. If Boris di...
JAMES GOSS So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, un...
STEVEN MOFFAT The program helps people in community college programs to pursue the opportunities available in high...
JOSEPH ATKINS They would be a foundation that we are building from.
AMELIA PARKER A building that lacks solid foundation is doomed for collapse
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ALFRED A. MONTAPERT The extra money could be spent on more youth prevention programs and programs to help smokers who ar...
DONNA PASIECHNIK I think the school should spend more on drama programs and extracurricular activities.
HELEN GREEN Whether you're beginning with the foundation or you're finishing off the second story...the purposef...
JOHN WAIRE A belief in God helps provide a foundation to arbitrate our decisions. Without this foundation, we a...
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AMY SEDARIS You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character acto...
AMY SEDARIS Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny ...
AMY SEDARIS But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.
AMY SEDARIS My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
AMY SEDARIS When people tell me they are going to go scrapbooking, I say, 'Why don't you make it yoursel...
AMY SEDARIS Books are challenging and inspirational to me.
AMY SEDARIS I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
AMY SEDARIS I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, includ...
AMY SEDARIS I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd ge...
AMY SEDARIS I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff ...
AMY SEDARIS We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
AMY SEDARIS My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea m...
AMY SEDARIS I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.
AMY SEDARIS I got this second chance at life, and I live it.
AMY PURDY